Brake



c. .lT DEEE-'GARD Er AL BRAKE Original Filed Aug. 21, 1922 CARL J.' 1751.563190 JOHN HAWK/N30 w, Q

Patented Oct. 13,` 1925.-

UNITED STATES PAIENT oF'FlcE.

CARL J. DELEGARLD AND JOHN HAWKINSON, F POSKIN, W'ISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS VICTOR DELEGABD lAND OSCAR M. WEST, BOTH 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESQTA.

BRAKE.

Apphoation iled August 21, 1922, Serial No. 583,135. Renewed March 23, 1925.

To all whom it 'may concern.:

Be it known that we, CARL J. DELEGARD and JOHN HAwKlNsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Poskin, in the county ,of

Barron and State of Wisconsin, have invented ertain new and useful Improvements in Bra es, of which the following is a specifioation. J

` This invention relates'to hub brake shoes for automobiles and other motor-vehicles,

vand the main object is to provide adjustable brake shoes which can be spread bymeans,

other than the usual braking means when stopping the car, and from time to time, to -compens-ate for the wear occasioned by continual use., Other objects will be dis closed in the course of the followingv specification, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a topor plan view of a wheel, hub, brake and axle housing assembly, of common and well known construction, the wheel being shown partly in section.v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section on the lline 2-2 in Fig. 1.

`. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the brake drum, as seen from the right in Fig. 2, 'a fractional portion being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, and by reference characters, 5 designates a motor-vehicle wheel, having a rigf 'idly mounted brake drum 6. The axle 7, which drives the wheel, rotates in the housing 8, on which is mounted the drum closing plate 9. These elements, together with a brake shoe cam 10 which is actuated by an integral lever 11 and a rod 12, and brake sprin 13a, are of common construction and long own in the art.

The invention here in question resides in the particular construction of a pair of brake 4, diametrically opposed. to the camlO, or at the otherends of the shoes.13. Heretofore it has been 'customary tomake brake shoes of this type either in one piece, split at the cam- 10, or in two segments, with the portlon or ends opposite to the cam 10 secured by a plain bolt to the plate 9. With 'such structures, it will be obvious that when the shoes are worn to the extent that the cam can no longer be operative to bind them agalnst the shoes 13, and ani adjusting cam 14 which isl drum, then new and larger shoes must be in-` serted to make the brake effective.

In overcoming this lobjection we provide a bolt 15, which h-as the cam 14 at one end with threads so that it can be screwed into posed shoulders 19 which engage upper and.l

lower points of the cam 14.

When the brakes are first installed the cam 14 is secured' in the position indicated in the various figures of the drawing. N ow when theY shoes are worn until the caml() is no longer eEective, then itis only necessary to release the nut 16 and give the bolt a slight turn until the cam 14 spreads the shoes until the wear is compensated for, whenthe nut 16 is tightened, and the cam 10 again becomes effective.

It is understood` that suitable modifications may be made in this invention, as herein set forth, provided, however, that such modifications come within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

' Having nowtherefore fully shown -and described our invention, what we claim to be new and desi're to protect by Letters Patr' ent is: l

1'.- The combination with a rotatable brake drum and a stationary plate closing the end of the drum, of a air of oppositely d isposed semi-circular E frictiona'lly brake against saidI drum, means at one end of the pair of shoes for spreading vthe sameto effectuate said braking, a cam intermediate the opposite ends of saidshoes, a bolt formed integrally with said cam and threaded into said plate, means for locking the lbolt in adjusted non-rotatable position rake shoes adapted to at one end of the pair of lshoes-for spreedbolt for engagement with said shoulders, ing' the same to eectuate said braking, said bolt vbeing adjustably secured in said oppositely directed overlapping yokes plate.- 10,

formed integrally with the opposite ends of In testimony whereof we aix our signa- I said shoes, shoulders on the shoes adjacent to tures.

said yokes, a bolt extending throu h said CARL J. DELEGARD.

yokes, and a. cam member at the en of the JOHN HAWKINSON. 

